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obsolete

[ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet] / ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlit /


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"There is a way to work alongside AI and to use it as a tool that benefits us rather than rendering us obsolete," she said.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Audiences making their way to the Academy’s VistaVision series will be stepping back in time, seeing movies in a way that has been all but obsolete for some 65 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The once-familiar picture of a war fought with infantry at the front and dog-fights in the air has become increasingly obsolete.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

For years, the island’s obsolete septic systems have been leaking waste into the pristine waters of Biscayne Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

They were obsolete, last year’s weather, but Cora adored the old almanacs for containing the entire world.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Some will claim that a digital, electronic world has obsoleted written communication.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2020

Sometimes it’s a matter of the rules simply being obsoleted and needing to be upgraded, as in the case of self-driving cars, and in most cases the evolution is going smoothly.

From Forbes Jan. 3, 2014

"McDonald's got obsoleted on their food," says Malcolm M. Knapp, a food-industry consultant based in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

That have I done," replied the Statistician, "because the facts have obsoleted the law.

From The Book of Gud by Harold Hersey

Sometimes applied to planes obsoleted by the air service.

From Aces Up by Covington Clarke

“Earlier in 2026, fears around AI disrupting — or even obsoleting — software business models dominated the narrative,” he noted, with the chart above highlighting software stocks that have “managed to claw back losses.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 17, 2026

Frequently when a change is made to some RFC that causes a new one to be issued obsoleting others, the new RFC only contains explanations and motivations for the change.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Ed Krol




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